Good evening everybody im ilean before we jump into our event i wanted to thack you all for coming. Eventses like this couldnt be possible if it werent for your generous support showing up to them, so really thank you so much for adding to your denver Reading Community we really appreciate it. So weaver honor to talk to emily about grassroots rise an fall of marijuana in america and emily received ph. D. In american studies from George Washington university and grassroots is actually based off her dissertation. The inspiration for such im sure shell tell us more about as she starts her talk. So emily has been peesmed on History Channel npr and work can also be found in the Washington Post the atlantic, History News Network and run washington. Were very excited to have emily here today because as you know here in colorado, weve had a very intriguing conversation going about marijuana. Even before it was usually legalized in 2014. And emilys book adds to this conversation with new resear
Are there certain books that you sort of have read that you thought, like use a northstar, get close to that then ill be happy . Guest definitely. I live off of memoirs and i think Elaine Browns taste of power, malcolm x, alex haley. I really spent a lot of time digging into the personal stories of some of my personal heroes because their journeys were just so significant and important, and really did shae how i i wanted to talk about my book because what i love about those books, angela davis is book, it doesnt just talk about her story but it gives an Historical Context of whats happening during the time and i do that in the book. Host talk about the process. As someone whos done a few of these i want to hear about how you work. How long did it take . Guest i think there was a better timeline. From the time i spoke to asha, i came to her because someone had come to me in 2015 and they said you have a book in you. They heard me talk about my story. I wasnt thinking about that. Black l
Good evening. Welcome. Happy new year. Im matthew spalding. Welcome to the allen b. Kirby campus. Our event is cosponsor idbid real clear politics. And i recognize david, in the back, there he is. The pressurer and John Mcintyre who is with us here as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays med on the 35th anniversary of the new cite tieran ming. The title of the book is vox poply, the perils of populism. It means the voice of the people. The old adage, the voice of the people is the voice of god, which was often times used in history to attack monarchs and attack people who said such nonsense. The idea of populism is also not new to america. One thinks of will William Jennings bryan, roosevelts, Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan more recently. Not surprising in a regime of popular consent based on human equality. Theres always been a tension between popular government and constitutional government. That sense of the potential of populist demagogues. Hence, promises and peri